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. 2025 Sep 1;8(9):7513–7534. doi: 10.1021/acsabm.5c00959

2. Design of Genetically Engineered Probiotic Bacteria and Their Components for the Treatment of Diseases.

probiotic bacteria strains bacterium/bacterial components genetic modification expressed therapeutics disease ref.
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria chromosomal insertion for quorum sensing cholera autoinducer 1 (CAI-1) cholera
L. casei 334, L. acidophilus 4356 S-layer protein plasmid expression surface layer protein A (SlpA); a host cell-binding domain from C. difficle SlpA clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
E. coli Nissle 1917 OMVs genome-integrated expression SARS-CoV-2 RBD (surface); NG-06 (lumen) SARS-CoV-2
L. lactis NZ9000 hydrogel-encapsulated bacteria plasmid expression (NISIN) VEGF diabetic wound healing
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression curli nanofibers displaying trefoil factors (TFFs) inflammatory bowel disease ,
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression l-arabinose-inducible protein expression solid tumor/cancer
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression p53 and Tum-5 protein solid tumor/cancer
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria genome-integrated expression GM-CSF cytokine colorectal neoplasia
E. coli Nissle1917 chitosan/sodium alginate-coated engineered bacteria plasmid expression catalase and superoxide dismutase (ECN-pE) inflammatory bowel disease
L. reuteri live engineered bacteria plasmid expression IL-22 ovarian cancer
L. lactis live engineered bacteria genome-integrated expression IL-10 inflammatory bowel disease
E. coli Nissle 1917 S-layer protein CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing HIV-1MPER HIV infection
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing type I-E CRISPR-Cas antimicrobial resistance
L. Lactis F15876 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression (NISIN) GLP-1 peptide diabetes
E. coli BL21DE3 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression short hairpin RNA (shRNA) gene silencing
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria genome-integrated expression l-arginine hyperammonemia
E. coli Nissle 1917 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression Microcin H47 (MccH47) salmonella infection
E. coli MG1655 live engineered bacteria plasmid expression glucose dehydrogenase colorectal cancer